Hair wrapping instrument



Sept. 20, 1932. R PEZZELLA HAIR WRAPPING INSTRUMENT Filed April 10, 1931 Patented Sept. 20, 1932 noooo rnzzntm, onwnsnineron, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA HAIR WRAPPING INSTRUMENT Application filed April 10,

In the creation 7 of so-called permanent waves in hair, the proper Wrapping or placement of the hair on the mandrels or rods is a diflicult and time-consuming task. While instruments have been proposed for eiiecting the wrapping action, they have not, so far as I am aware, been entirely satisfactory, and up to the present the best method when correctly carried out is accomplished byhand wrapping. But in this operation it requires strength and skill to maintain a constant and even tension on the hair as it is wrapped on the rod and to keep the lock in properly flattened condition as distinguished from a round bundle of hair. More than that in the wrapping action, the loose end portion of the lock becomes tangled and snarled and the best practice is to comb out the free end after each convolution is wrapped on the rod. But this is such a time-consuming operation that it is not ordinarily done.

Now one of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide a simple, thoroughly practicable instrument that can be placed on a mandrel or rod of substantially anv well-known. or desired character, and by means of which hair can be wrapped thereon snugly with an even tension, producing a wide fiat strand or look, and at the same time the hair is kept combed and in smooth condition, thereby overcoming the objections and difficulties above outlined.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the hair wrapping device shown in place on a mandrel or rod and in operative association with a lock of hair.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device per se, with the cover wall thrown back.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the structure as shown in Figure 1, and on line 3-3 of Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on the line4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view of the device in elevation, showing the side opposite to that illustrated in Figure 1.

In the embodiment disclosed a body 6 is employed which maybe of any material and of any desired formation. As shown it is 1931. Serial No. 529,176.

enbstan tially of a truncated conical form and is provided in one end with a longitudinal bore 7 adapted to receive a hair-holding mandrel or rod 8, on which the lock of hair, shown at 9, is adapted to be wrapped. The other end of the body 6 is semi-tubular in form, providing a chamber 10 of larger cross sec tional area than the bore 7 and having one side 11 open.

011 one sideof the body are outstanding walls 12 providing a transverse passageway 13 whose outlet end is adjacent to the open side of the chamber 10. The outer side of this passageway is adapted to be closed by a cover 14 shown as hinged at 15 to one of the Walls 12 and having a spring-pressed latch 16 adapted to engage behind either of a plurality of shoulders 17 formed on the other wall 12. In the passageway is located a comb which may be of any desired character, but preferably consists of rows of outstanding teeth 18. The cover 14 has an internal recess 19 to receive these teeth, and if desired a filler bar 20, carried by the cover, may extend between the rows of said teeth. As a consequence it will be noted particularly by reference to Figures 2 and 4 that the cover plate has inwardly extending side walls 21 which lie close to the bottom of the passageway when the cover is in its closed position. On the inner edge of the wall 21, which is adjacent to the open side 11 of the chamber 10, is a yield ing lip 22 which coacts with a corresponding lip 23 secured to the margin of the passageway adjacent to said open side 11.

In using this device the lock of hair that is to be wrapped upon a mandrel as 8, is secured to one end of the mandral in any suitable way, as indicated at 24. The wrapping device is placed upon the mandrel, with the cover 14 open, or as shown in Figure 2. The lock of hair is then laid in the passageway 13 and is engaged with the comb teeth 18. The cover plate is then closed and secured by the latch 16. The device is then ready for operation and is rotated in the direction of the arrow A shown in Figure 1. It will be noted that because of the extended straight lips 22-+23 the lock will be pressed down into a transversely flattened condition as it passes in properly combed or-paralle'l relation by" passing between the comb teeth 18.. As is well known the end of the strand is thinner than the portion adjacent to the Scalp-,and asthe operator in turning, naturally presses upon the cover 14, said cover will move inwardly as the strand or look of hair'becomes thinner so that the latch. 16 will engage behind the inner shoulder 17,.thus insuring at all times the proper tension on and the flattening of the lock of hair.

In order to keep the strand in properly formed condition there is preferably provided within the chamber 10 a guiding'lip 25 that partly encircles and snugly engages the mandrel or rod 8. As indicated in Figure 3 this operates along the adjacent edge of the look as it is being wrapped and insures the out loose hairs straying from the lock and being overlapped by the succeeding convolutions. I

The device as disclosed, it will be noted,

thus securesthe objects sought as explained in the preliminary portion of the description;

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, 7

proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from 2. A hair wrapping device comprising a body having means for rotatably mounting it on a hair holding mandrel, said body having a passageway through which the lock of hair is passed for delivery to the mandrel, a movable wall constituting one side of the passageway to permit the introduction of the lock 55 of hair thereto, and means for locking the proper formation of the convolutions withwall in different positions to accommodate locks of hair of diflferent thicknesses.

3. A hair wrapping device comprising a body having means for rotatably mounting it on a hair holding mandrel, said body having a passageway through which the lock of hair is passed for delivery to the mandrel, and a cover wall hinged to the body and constituting one wall of the passageway, and a latch for securing the wall in its closed and operative position.

4; A hair Wrapping device comprising a body having means for rotatably mounting it on a hair holding mandrel, said body having means for guiding a lock of hair to the mandrel as it is wrapped on the latter by the body, and coacting lips on the body at the outlet end of said guiding means andbetween which the lock passes, at least one of said lips being of yielding material.

5. A hair wrapping device comprising a body having means for rotatably mounting it on a hair holding mandrel, said body having means for guiding a lock of hair to the mandrel as it is wrapped on the latter by the body, and coacting lips of yielding material on the body at the outlet end of said guiding means and between which the lock passes and by which its movement is resisted.

6. A hair wrapping device comprising a body having a bore for the reception of a hair holding mandrel to permit their relative rotation and having a transverse passageway ending at the bore and through which the lock is passed, and means at the juncture of the passageway and bore that frictionally engages the hair to resist its movement and put tension thereon.

7. A hair wrapping device comprising a body having a bore for the reception of a hair holding mandrel to permit their relative rotation and having a transverse passageway ending at the bore and throiigh which the lock is passed, a cover wall for the passageway hinged to the body, and yielding coacting lips located at the juncture of the passageway and bore, one of said lips being carried by the cover wall, said lock passing between the lips'directly into the bore and being frictionally engaged thereby to place it under tension as it passes to the mandrel.

8. A hair wrapping device comprising a body having a bore for rotatably receiving a hair holding mandrel, said body having a transverse passageway for the hair to be wrapped on the mandrel and ending at the bore, a comb in the passageway and carried by the body, a movable cover for the passageway and comb, and coacting yielding tension producmg lips between which the hair passes. said lips, being located at the juncture of the passageway and bore. 7

9. hair wrapping device comprising a body having a bore at one end providing a bearing for rotatably receiving a hair'holding mandrel and an open chamber at its other end in which the hair is wrapped on the mandrel as said mandrel and body are relatively rotated, a transverse passageway in the body opening into the chamber and constituting means for directing the hair to the mandrel, and a comb in the passageway.

10. A hair wrapping device comprising a body having a bore at one end providing a bearing for rotatably receiving a hair holding mandrel and an open chamber at its other end in which the hair is wrapped on the mandrel as said mandrel and body are relatively rotated, a transverse passageway in the body opening into the chamber and constituting means for directing the hair to the mandrel, a comb in the passageway, yielding tension producing lipsat the passageway and'be tween which the hair passes, and a removable cover for the passageway.

11. A hair wrapping device comprising an elongated body having a bore for rotatably receiving a mandrel and having an enlarged chamber in one end portion, said body having a transverse passageway opening into the chamber and directing the hair thereto, and a cover for the passageway located longitudinally on the bore and hinged to the body on an axis transversely of the bore.

12. A hair-wrapping device comprising an elongated body having a bore for rotatably receiving a mandrel and having an enlarged chamber in one end portion, said body having a transverse passageway opening into the chamber and directing the hair thereto, a

comb in the passageway carried by the body and in line with the bore, and a cover for the passageway located longitudinally on the bore and hinged to the body on an axis transversely of the bore, said coverbeing movable into and out of coaction with the comb.

13. A hair wrapping device comprising an elongated body having a bore for rotatably receiving a mandrel and having an enlarged chamber in one end portion, said body hav ing a transverse passageway opening into the chamber and directing the hair thereto, and a guide for the margins of the convolutions of hair wound on the mandrel, said guide being located in the chamber in spaced relation to the smaller portion of the bore and being carried by the body.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

ROCCO PEZZELLA. 

